330.647.11
Childhood Victimization: An Overview of Public Health Efforts
Cancelled
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Term:
- Summer Inst. term
- Department:
- Mental Health
- Credits:
- 1 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2022 - 2023
- Instruction Method:
- Synchronous Online
- Auditors Allowed:
- No
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Course Instructors:
- Contact:
- Luciana Assini Meytin
- Frequency Schedule:
- One Year Only
- Resources:
- Description:
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Students and professionals whose work intersects with child development, trauma, welfare or delinquency will benefit from learning about both victimization and perpetration of child maltreatment. This case-based course will include discussion of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect.
Examines childhood victimization from a public health perspective. Familiarizes students with public health strategies used to address three related domains: detection and prevention, treating victims, and offender interventions. Challenges students to critically examine policy and practice, using cases such as the Penn State sex abuse scandal. Uses small group break-out sessions to help familiarize students with the public health approach to violence prevention.
- Learning Objectives:
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Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the key components of a comprehensive public health approach to the prevention of childhood victimization.
- Critique the scope, reach, and content of services available to victims of child maltreatment.
- Evaluate the quality and limitations of criminal justice interventions for perpetrators of childhood violence.
- Explain key components of primary prevention interventions.
- Methods of Assessment:
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 50% Participation
- 50% Final Exam
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required
- Special Comments:
The course will move to a virtual format using Zoom and there will be two one-half day sessions.